It operates McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft conducting close air support.

[1] Lt. Col. John B. England, who was commander of the 389th Fighter-Bomber Squadron from Alexandria AFB, was killed when his F-86 crashed into the woods near Toul-Rosières Air Base.

At this moment he sighted a portion of the runway and was in a glide with a high probability of a successful landing.

In his honor, Alexandria AFB was renamed England Air Force Base, and retained that name until its closure in 1993.

It rotated aircraft and personnel to Southwest Asia throughout the 1990s in support of Operation Southern Watch.